A+P Chapter 11

Identify muscles that adduct the thigh.

Adductor magnus Adductor longus Gracilis

Identify the primary functions of the muscles that form the rotator cuff.

Allows rotation of the arm, holds the head of the humerus in the glenoid cavity

Which muscles are extensors of the elbow?

Anconeus Triceps brachii

Identify muscles that medially rotate the thigh

Gluteus medius Tensor fasciae latae

Identify muscles that laterally rotate the thigh

Piriformis Adductor longus Gluteus maximus

Identify the muscle(s) that is/are primarily responsible for holding the head of the humerus in the glenoid cavity

Rotator cuff

What are the muscles that attach the arm to the thorax?

Rotator cuff muscles, lattisimus dorsi, pectoralis major, deltoid

Which muscle is located in the posterior thigh?

Semitendinosus

Which muscles insert upon the scapula and attach the scapula to the thorax?

Serratus anterior Rhomboideus muscles Levator scapulae Trapezius Pectoralis minor

Which muscles are extensors of the elbow?

Anconeus, triceps brachii

Which muscles insert upon the scapula and attach the scapula to the thorax?

pectoarlis minor, trapezius, Rhomboideus muscles, levator scapulae, Serratus anterior

What muscles form the rotator cuff?

teres minor, subscapularis, infraspinatus, supraspinatus

Which muscles medially rotate the arm at the shoulder joint?

deltoid, subscapularis, Latissimus dorsi, Teres major, Pectoralis major

The teres minor, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and subscapularis form a group of muscles called the _____.

rotator cuff musckes